Chapter 18: Skill Book

  "Ahhh!!!", Although this Flame Wolf King was only a level 32 monster, how could it withstand the attack of a late-stage beginner warrior, an intermediate-stage magician, and Lin Chen, this apprentice swordsman? Lin Chen's downward slash heavily landed on the Flame Wolf King's head, making it cry out in pain.

  "Bang!!!", Lin Chen's powerful chop was astonishing, of course, this Lv27 warrior's fierce axe blow was no weaker than Lin Chen's. Although he didn't have any skills, just being a Lv27 warrior was enough to give him over 100 physical attack damage, let alone the fact that the large axe looked incredibly powerful at first glance.

  "Boom, boom, boom, boom......", of course, the one with the highest attack is still Xia Lu on that side. After all, as a magician, whether in the game or in reality, the damage is always the highest. Several consecutive fireballs hit the Flame Wolf King's body, and even if it was also a flame-type creature, it let out a mournful howl.

  Lin Chen's iron sword was also waving non-stop, with the attack speed +2 attribute of the sheep horn ring, Lin Chen's sword came out obviously faster than before, and the continuous attacks were wrapped around the wolf king's body. Although there was no fatal attack, the increasingly heavy injuries also made the wolf king howl miserably.

  "Whoa!!!", Finally, in the midst of everyone's fierce and stormy attacks, a gap was found, and from the wolf king's mouth, a huge fireball was spat out, as big as a water tank, carrying a terrifying scorching breath.

  "That's a huge fireball! Retreat quickly!!!" Xia Lu shouted loudly at the sight of the water tank-sized fireball.

  As a fire-element mage, Xia Lu was the most aware of the power of the massive fireball in the arena. Although ordinary fireballs were only considered second-level magic, the massive fireball belonged to the realm of fourth-level magic.

  "Whoa!!!!", in fact, without Xia Lu's warning, Lin Chen and the warrior had already quickly turned around and retreated. The terrifying fireball exploded out, blasting two meters in front of Lin Chen, the explosion's flames splashing everywhere, hitting Lin Chen's body, making him involuntarily cry out in pain. Even though it was just a graze, this fireball's attack still injured Lin Chen.

  "Chop!!!", at this moment, the warrior on that side jumped high up, his huge axe fiercely chopping downwards, with the help of gravity's effect, the warrior's axe was accompanied by a whistling wind sound.

  "Ahhh...", watching the axe coming down fiercely, even the Flame Wolf King felt a primal fear, and let out a loud cry, a thin layer of flames appeared.

  Soft flames instantly enveloped the Flame Wolf King's entire body, and the large axe chopped down fiercely. Although it made the Flame Wolf King let out a miserable howl, and cut open a huge gash on its back, with blood splashing everywhere, but the axe did not chop it in half at the waist.

  "It's no wonder it's a small BOSS-level monster, not only does it have attack-type magic, but it can also use defense-type magic...", looking at the Flame Wolf King actually casting a flame-type defensive magic, saving its life, Lin Chen muttered to himself in his heart.

  "A scorching flame, transformed into a soaring rage, burning with hatred for the practice, three-stage magic - Scarlet Flame Pillar". At this time, Xia Lu's mouth was also hastily chanting the incantation of the Scarlet Flame Pillar, and upon hearing her familiar incantation, Lin Chen took off with a burst of speed, charging towards the Flame Wolf King.

  Although the Flame Pillar is not very powerful in Tier 3 magic, it has a significant advantage: it is difficult to dodge. The flame pillar that erupts directly from underfoot, if not for a warrior with quick reflexes, I believe no one can easily avoid the Flame Pillar's attack.

  "Ah...", after a large fireball, the Flame Wolf King was apparently somewhat exhausted and had the intention to retreat. However, before it could turn around and escape, a thick, crimson red flame pillar suddenly erupted from the ground and heavily struck the Flame Wolf King's abdomen.

  The three-stage magic caused it to let out a miserable howl once again, its expression becoming much more dispirited. Even the fiery red wolf hair on its body was almost completely burned off, and blood flowed ceaselessly. Clearly, after this intense battle, the Flame Wolf King's injuries were also extremely severe.

  At this time, just as the scarlet flame pillar was about to hit the Flame Wolf King, Lin Chen, who had grasped the timing perfectly, rushed right in front of the Flame Wolf King. Taking advantage of its pained howl, he launched a fully-powered attack at an Attack Speed +2.

  The inferior iron sword in his hand drew a shadowy arc, like a spirit snake spitting out its letter, and shot towards the Flame Wolf King's mouth in a flash of lightning.

  A low, short but mournful cry rose up, and the Flame Wolf King fell to the ground instantly. Lin Chen's sword had directly pierced through its brain from behind.

  "Ding, killed 32-level Flame Wolf King, gained 1650 experience points, obtained equipment Fire Wolf Necklace, obtained skill book 'Instant Step'".

  Just as Lin Chen killed the Flame Wolf King with one sword, a prompt sounded in his mind. He had chosen to ignore the matter of the Fire Wolf Necklace, but unexpectedly, a skill book had appeared, which made Lin Chen both surprised and delighted.

  Lin Chen was still worried about what to do with his skill book later, and didn't expect that killing monsters could actually drop skill books.

  Overjoyed, Lin Chen hastily opened his package and indeed found a yellowish skill book inside. The information displayed was simple: "Instant Step", requiring level 16 and the Warrior profession.

  "Do I still have to wait until level 16 to learn it?", Lin Chen thought with some disappointment upon seeing the skill book's level requirement, but he soon shook his head indifferently. The early levels were easy to upgrade, and level 16 shouldn't take too long to reach.

  After all, an ordinary second-level magic beast can bring more than 100 experience to itself, and it's almost level 14. Leveling up from 14 to 15 requires 15,000 experience points, and leveling up from 15 to 16 requires 20,000 experience points. Calculating this way, it still needs less than 40,000 experience points to level up.

  "Although the explosion was small, it's still a high-quality equipment", Lin Chen glanced at the emerald green glow emanating from a necklace beside him, and nodded to himself. The glow on this necklace is more intense than the Sheep Horn Ring, so the attributes of this BOSS-dropped necklace should be better than the Sheep Horn Ring.

  Fire Wolf Necklace (Fine): Level requirement 15, Attack 18-27, 20% chance to add flame attribute damage, Weight 1, Durability 10/10.

  "The attribute is pretty good, the increased attack is about 10 points more than the sheep horn ring, and there's a 20% chance of adding flame attribute damage, which is quite high. Although I'm used to seeing equipment that increases attacks by thousands of points, this necklace is still decent for me, but the level requirement is 15, so I can't equip it yet."

  "Huff...", the Flame Wolf King was defeated, and on the other side, a level 27 warrior let out a long sigh of relief, his face filled with gratitude for having narrowly escaped death. He walked over to Lin Chen and said gratefully: "Thanks to all of you for lending a hand, otherwise I would have lost my life here."

  "It's nothing, we just happened to be handy," Lin Chen said with a smile, shaking his head. Although Lin Chen had helped him, in a way, the warrior had also provided free labor for Lin Chen, helping him take down a BOSS.

  Although Lin Chen didn't take that necklace to heart, the skill book of "Instant Step" had a different meaning for him.